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Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:33:44 GMTMost likely BOTH SB teams are the reverse of who should be going...but what the fuck.

Obviously the ref's were told to get L.A. into the SB to bolster them and help pay for the multi-billion dollar new stadium in L.A. that the current fan base there for the Rams simply cannot justify nor support. A SB win could reverse that. When EVERYONE agrees that the pass interference call was missed and that it would have cemented a Saint's win, well you know something funny going on there! (Not to mention that no review of this call was allowed as this would have clearly proved that the receiver was body checked to the ground by the defender BEFORE the ball got to him. One official lied and stated that he "thought" he saw the ball tipped before this, but replay did not support his phony justification for his obviously bad call).

As for the Pats's win (and the subsequent re-glorification of Brady as a FB god), no one seems to want to point to the fact that but for a stupid ass Chief's lineman lining up in the neutral zone (miles from the play...and not the more common jumping off sides; lining up in the neutral zone is a very rare mistake), which the penalty for this infraction nullified Brady's THIRD interception of the game that with less than a minute to play would have allowed the Chief's to kneel out the clock and deny the Pat's any chance of tying the game and sending it into O.T. (that they subsequently prevailed without K.C. even touching the ball again..). Had that lineman simply lined up properly as he had done all season, the by-line on this game would have been: "Brady throws THREE interceptions in loss to K.C. and is clearly too old to play at anything close to the level that he once did. He's expected to announce his retirement later today", etc., etc.

So all big time sports is pretty much BS and hype. But that's what sells tickets to the rubes, so it will continue!
]]>FOOTBALLelgrauhttp://yardcraphome.com/showthread.php?4407-All-Sports-is-Bull-CrapGeorge Straithttp://yardcraphome.com/showthread.php?4397-George-Strait&goto=newpost
Fri, 11 Jan 2019 17:33:16 GMTAs often stated here on YC, George Strait is one of my top five Country singers. I have him on now. He is no longer "one of a kind" as a hundred good imitators have made a good living being a poor copy of him. A poor copy of George Strait is often good enough.

I just discovered that George is a Clemson Football fan.
At the Cotton Bowl George was sitting next to Jerry Jones who owns the place. He was wearing Clemson gear.George CB.jpg

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Wed, 09 Jan 2019 22:17:59 GMTMost polls are just fan fun, I like those.
The real one (Coach's) I hate as it has influence and should not come out until October.
A good example would be Alabama and Clemson put at the top last season before they earned anything. Once placed high in the polls, teams are hard to dislodge.

I believe teams should start the year lined up as they finished the year. I know teams change, but that was earned, and all other is speculation and crystal ball crap. Every year the early Polls are shown to be full of crap, and it takes until November to shake that crap out.
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Wed, 09 Jan 2019 20:42:11 GMTIts time to have fun looking at this year's teams. I hope some of yall will post as to your favorite teams.
Unlike many people, I don't go over board as a fan.

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Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:41:23 GMTThis is a sign of the times for USC.
Attachment 6410 (http://yardcraphome.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6410) :smile-new:This is a sign of the times for USC.

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Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:11:04 GMTHere we go again! Alabama once again squeaked by Georgia in the last seconds of the game in the SEC championship game. This was a devastating blow...Here we go again! Alabama once again squeaked by Georgia in the last seconds of the game in the SEC championship game. This was a devastating blow to the Dawgs after last year's overtime loss to Bama in the Championship game.

It is time for the Tide to lose! I think Clemson is built to beat them. It should be another classic battle and will likely go down to the wire. I have always pulled for Clemson if they were not playing the Dawgs and I look forward to watching this game!

I hope my friend Bill's heart will survive the tension and incredible stress of watching his Tigers battle the Tide again!

GO TIGERS!
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Sun, 30 Dec 2018 23:14:09 GMTI have really enjoyed many games so far, and it ain't close to over.
I am glad I don't bet actual money as I have been often surprised.
In some I lost interest early.
I mostly tape the games, so a four hour game is about an hour without the commercials.
Below are comments on a few I saw.

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I did not see Ga Southern beating Eastern Michigan, and it was a very interesting game. GS only passed 7 times for 33 yards. They played with muscle and won.

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Without QB Hartman, I did not expect Wake to beat Memphis. Wake QB Newman passed for 328 yards and ran for 91. I would expect the starting job for next season to now be wide open.
This was another game hard fought to the last snap.

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Army ran all over Houston who has now fired their coach. They plied up 507 rushing yards.

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Duke had an easy day with Temple. Duke went in down at the half, adjusted and Temple did not score again. 56-27.
Duke QB Jones had another great day. Announcers say this upped his NFL draft stock, but I would like to see him return.
The Duke coach is one of the best in the game today. He has so far rejected offers. Miami should go all out and try to lure him.

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No one thought Syracuse would beat WV, but then the WV QB decided not to play in the game. I can't say it would have made the difference as they still racked up 277 yards.
I understand players not risking injury for a Bowl game, but am not a fan of that or those players. Leaving your teammates who have fought with you all season is not something I would consider. Maybe the contract they signed for years of free education and the coaching they recieved to become an NFL caliber prospect should be considered. I see it as selfish. I understand it, but I don't like it.

I thought Syracuse would beat WV no matter. This has been an excellent team. The coach has done great, and the deal for SU now might be keeping him. Another perspective has been the great play of QB Dungey who will not be back next year. If Syracuse can have another great year in 2019 without Dungey, they are the real deal.

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Florida made a joke out of Michigan. I believed Michigan would win this, but they could not run the ball. Florida has the talent of Michigan or most any team and they are now playing like a team. They will challenge even Georgia for the division in 2019. Michigan got pushed around and out hustled.

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The ND coach claims they lost due to Clemson being "opportunistic", a big word for "lucky". He believes they could have won, should have won, and would if played again today. Maybe, but I saw a different game.

If you get an early field goal and then don't score again the rest of the game, being unlucky is not the problem. The problem is the Leprechauns could not deal with the Power Rangers.

All season ND had not allowed long gains (only 2). Kelly sees it as a fluke that the Tigers got off a few even though even I, a fan, predicted that.
ND defense did a good job on the Clemson run game for just 211, but Travis did break for a 62 yard score Coach Kelly saw as a fluke, even though Travis does things like that every week.

The ND plan was to fluster the freshman QB and take him out of the game. ND did good, but the 18 year old did not fluster. Instead he went for 327 yards and 3 TDs.

With Big Dex not playing, the ND "O" line ganged up on Wilkins and Ferrell. The Power Rangers were not in the back field as much, but still held the line and shut down the ND run game. Most don't seem to know, but there are 5 Power Rangers with Huggins being the 5th. The "D" line was too much for ND, no luck involved.

" if we play the way we have been all year, it would be different," QB Book said.
He fails to consider why they played different as if the Tigers were not in the equasion.

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I was tired and decided to watch the 2nd half of the Orange Bowl this morning. It appeared early on Alabama defense was too much for Oklahoma who does not play against much defense in the Big 12.
Oklahoma kept fighting and actually got (almost) back in the game. Their QB Murray threw maybe the best pass I have ever seen for one score. After a poor start, the Okie "O" line was a match for the Bama "D" line. If Oklahoma had even a little defense, this could have been a tight game.

What I saw was the two best QBs in CFB. These guys are great. Maybe not the best NFL QB prospects, but certainly the best in CFB. Their confidence and ability is off the chart. The next guys on this list are too far down to consider on the list.

Alabama is once again Alabama, but this year has an offense like never before. Oklahoma had no chance, but I was impressed to see them fight hard and never give in.
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Thu, 27 Dec 2018 22:10:08 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by elgrau

^ Is Clemson's reaction after the NCAA took away their PED's "edge" players?

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertM

Since these guys were given an unfair advantage using the drug ostarine this year should Clemson’s season be considered tainted?

Since three players were caught using the same drug should we suspect that the coaches knew?
Or even were in on it?
How many players on the team did this drug but were not caught?

Ed, we have a long history of fun/vicious attacks on each other. I enjoy that as do you.
Don't cross the line on this as I see no fun in attacking the innocent.
Ed, all your life you have been making things better for all by creating.
All my working life was about protecting guys who needed help against thugs.

Dexter is innocent. Dabo is innocent.
If a drug was found (which seems to be the case), these guys had zero hand in it.
The best description is this is a mystery to all involved.
Sure, kids do crap, end up in jail, or WTF, but this is not that.
I take attacks on the innocent to heart. If you and Robert want to attack me - good fun. I enjoy that.
Cross the line on this, and I can't recover. It means that much to me.

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Clemson DT Dexter Lawrence needs no drugs. His problem is not growing but dropping a pound.
"I'm not the type of guy to do a selfish act like that. I have too much pride. I love this team and my family too much to put a substance like that in my body. I don't know where it came from. I don't know how it got there. I was raised different. If I did do it, I'd own up to it. All I can say is I honestly don't know what happened, where it came from."

“I was looking at my phone like, ‘are you crazy! What is wrong with you to be joking about something like that?’ Then he told me I tested positive for something I have never heard of before,”
"I was raised different. If I did do it, I’d own up to it."

I believe him and will defend him -- if necessary. I don't believe my friends will require that of me.

Ed if you lived up the street, and like me and could keep up all year with this program, you would not have posted that.
The big slam on Dabo's Tigers is that he has a "Christian staff and Christian players. All may not be as Christian as Dabo (like me), but all know the team is first about values, then football. Dex is not a cheater or a thug, more like a teddy bear. He is a 6-foot-5, 350-pound defensive tackle. He lives with the other Power Rangers and follows Christian Wilkins like a puppy.
He is a great example of a Clemson Tiger. Clemson is a perfect fit for him. He would be out of place at many colleges as he is a gentle giant. If he did a wrong, he would own up.
Coach Dabo Swinney is positive Dex had no hand in this. Any one who knows Dabo or his program knows that to be true.

Lawrence said he was given a choice to appear at media today, and he elected to face the throng of reporters in support of his teammates.
"All of us had a choice," Lawrence said. "I wanted to come because I consider myself a leader and I wanted the guys to know that I’ve got their back just like they’ve got mine.

"I’ve got me a little whistle at practice now," Lawrence said. "I’m making them hustle. I’m running right behind them trying to keep the energy up, keep the savviness up and keep the focus up in the meeting room.

I am AgentOrange, and I 100% am positive Dex to be 100% innocent of taking any drug, and not just because he has no need of it. He is a consensus first round NFL pick, and in a couple weeks can be a multi-million guy if he goes pro. Unlike many first round college athletes sitting out post season to avoid injury, DEX wants to play with his friends.

Coach Dabo:
I don’t know how — if it even is in their system — how it got there. But I do know that these three young men have not intentionally done anything. And there’s, again, plenty of precedent where the same thing has happened across the country with other people. So, you know, there’s a process in place. And we’ll work through that.
They’re three special young people. And, again, I know they’ve not intentionally done anything. And, again, this is a hair of a trace of whatever this substance is.

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I hate this for Dexter and the other guys. They do not deserve this.:No Way This is an abuse of drug testing as the trace could be from anything. You might have some in you. Zero unfair advantage is not there. Most have no idea how PEDs benefit or how to use them.
These three guys are among 40 aro und the USA who tested positive for this now. The others are not starters or famous like DEX, so he is on the media front line. Like most top programs, Clemson players are tested each month.

Dex is very important to the Tigers for the game against ND. He is dominate. He is also a leader. There is no DT in the country who plays like him. His stats are deceptive, but teams understand this is the man. He crushes the "O" pocket defenders. Then the other Power Rangers (his room mates) rush in to feed and get all the glory.
All Tiger fans do understand Dex. The game will be less for us without him even if it is 100-0.

With DEX the Tigers will beat ND. With out him the Tigers will beat ND. The Power Ranger Four are often on the bench this season as they are not needed. The guys next up are experienced and capable. No one is DEX, but don't expect the ND "O" line to take control for 4 quarters. It will be a good game, but the Tiger team is much more than Dex.The deal is he has worked hard and deserves to play.

If my boy were alive, would be happy if Dex was a guy he liked. I don't mean as to sports but as to character.

Post here soon and often if you disagree with anything I have posted.
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Mon, 17 Dec 2018 03:44:18 GMTCFB Coach of the Year
UCF's Josh Heupel, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly and Alabama's Nick Saban are the finalists for The Associated Press national college football coach of the year after leading their teams to unbeaten regular seasons.

That sounds Ok, but how about another who also was undefeated and unlike UCF did it against a real schedule? This guy is 13-0 and did it with less talent on board and fewer resources than ND or Alabama.
This is his 4th straight year to the Final Four and he has 7 straight seasons of 10 wins with 10,11,11,10,14,14,12 and already this year 13.

Maybe he is not coach of the year, but to leave him out of the vote says everything as to it all. As a plus, 183 of his 186 players have graduated Clemson and he is working on the other 3.

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Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:51:58 GMTI was an 11th grader and several of us guys decided to go to the Clemson-Georgia game at Clemson. Back then we could get in very cheap on high...I was an 11th grader and several of us guys decided to go to the Clemson-Georgia game at Clemson. Back then we could get in very cheap on high school student tickets. This game was a defensive battle but I don't remember much about it except for half-time. It was a warm day and some dark clouds came in just before the half. Then just after the teams had gone in for halftime it started to rain a little but was getting very dark and a buddy I said we were headed to the concession stands which were covered. Another buddy said "I am not leaving this seat come hell or high water!" As we started scurrying up the stands the rain turned into a terrific hail storm. We grabbed some programs and held them over our heads as we ran and it felt like the hail was going to break my fingers as I held the program to protect my head. Just before we made it up to the concessions, our brave buddy that was not going to leave his seat passed us. After the storm passed, the field was completely white with hailstones. The coaches agreed to postpone the start of the second half for 30 minutes while the grounds people cleaned off the field as much as possible. It was one of those experiences that you never forget!

Today as I was thinking about that game, I could not remember who won the game, so, I found it in the archives. The game was in 1963 and the final score was 7-7.
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Tue, 04 Dec 2018 03:36:04 GMTDabo hs been named "Coach of the Year".

This is not a first for Clemson as Danny Ford won in 1981.
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Tue, 04 Dec 2018 01:27:32 GMTFor many years I was anti-ND as they seemed to have unfair advantage. This was before most reading this were born. They had their own TV deal and...For many years I was anti-ND as they seemed to have unfair advantage. This was before most reading this were born. They had their own TV deal and all their games were on TV. Also they were able to recruit all over the entire USA kinda like the Pope. That was not unfair, it was ND.

I remember back in the 70's during the steroid days for high school and college players. When ND took the field, some say it tilted due to the weight.

ND is ranked 4th in wins at .722 and Clemson 22nd at .614.
ND has 11 National Championships and Clemson has 2 (most colleges have none).

Clemson has played ND just 3 times, but in coming years are scheduled to play them often:glee:. They are "kinda" in the ACC for basketball but don't want to give up their TV advantage for football by joining a league. I get that. This year they have proved they can stand alone.

Clemson won in 1979 and 2015. We lost in 1977.

The 2015 game was awesome and now stuck in the memory of ND and Clemson fans.
It was covered here on YardCrap:tears_of_joy:.
A hurricane like rain was falling. I have seen many snow games, but this was one for history that may never be equaled. I will not attempt to describe the rain, except to say ~~
Clemson had the now legendary Deshawn Watson who was just 11/22 and just 97 yards.
ND QB Kizer was like a duck and passed for 321 yards:triumphant:.

ND had a problem running in the rain going for 116. QB Watson was not passing at a champion level but ran for 93. The yet unknown RB Gallman went for 98. In my opinion Gallman is the best RB ever at Clemson. His stats do not show how often he made an impossible 3 yard run and then again, and again.

Rain fell like on Noah and his crew. It is hard to describe. It was a hurricane.
Often the cameras were not able to record the play.
Going into the 4th quarter Clemson was up 21-3. As all real fans know, depth is the deal and ND had that, Clemson players wore out. ND scored 19 in the 4th. We could not stop them, we were too tired.

ND scored again from one yard out on a pass and there was 7 seconds left. The game was at 24-22 and the Tiger defenders were too shot to respond. ND needed a 2 point conversion to tie and that seemed to be an easy task. The rain kicked up a notch. Hell was falling.
The Tigers refused to yield and history was made.
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Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:25:06 GMTIn my geezer mind remember a Tony/Bill wager made before the season and posted here as to racing while wearing a Clemson or Georgia shirt.
I can't recall the rules and wonder if Tony will choose to do the same.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:52:57 GMTThe "ROY BUS" explained for casual fans:

Most coaches forced to be interviewed on TV are like deer caught in a head light and go into a defensive shell. I don't balme them, was the same as a cop. Dabo is the opposite as what you see is what you get with him. He enjoys talking, kinda like Bobby Bowden, Lou Holtz, Frank Howard. He is a throw back in that regard. Dabo is special and has fun with it all.

Back in October on ESPN a guy told him Clemson and Alabama were on the bus to the FF. Dabo responded with the "ROY BUS". How he comes up with all this crap is amazing. He said that when he played at Alabama the coach put the Varsity on the fancy bus and said for the "Rest OF Yall" to get on the other bus.

He said now it is Alabama on one bus and all other teams on a different bus he calls "ROY".

Yesterday during the FF show, ESPN host Reece Davis said Clemson was now on the bus with Alabama, but Dabo would not have it.
“No. No. No! We are still on the ROY Bus,” Swinney said while laughing. “We are still on the ROY Bus, but we are glad to be on it.”

Swinney then grabbed one of ESPN’s producers who was wearing a T-shirt Clemson had given him. On the back of it said, “Clemson Football: On the ROY Bus, but We’re Coming!”

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Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:04:05 GMTPlease remember all of the orthopedic surgeons who will be put out of business!
Some of you will get this. :glee:Please remember all of the orthopedic surgeons who will be put out of business!

Some of you will get this. :glee:
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